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TOTAL RESULTS: 124
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25 Aug 2021
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HANSON-YOUNG, Sen Sarah
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Requires the Treasurer to establish a Live Performance Federal Insurance Guarantee Fund to underwrite insurance for the live performance industry to enable future live performance events.
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12 Aug 2021
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KENEALLY, Sen Kristina
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Establishes a mandatory requirement for Commonwealth, state or territory entities, corporations and partnerships to report to the Australian Cyber Security Centre ransomware payments paid in response to a ransomware attack.
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10 Aug 2021
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RICE, Sen Janet
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The bill: provides for either House of Parliament, or certain parliamentary committees, to request the minister to table a statement on whether autonomous sanctions will be applied to persons that are responsible for serious human rights abuses or corruption; requires the minister to table in both Houses a statement on whether autonomous sanctions will be applied to certain persons responsible for the coup in Myanmar in 2021; and provides for a review of the operation of the Act.
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05 Aug 2021
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KENEALLY, Sen Kristina
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Amends the
Fair Work Act 2009
to ensure that parents of stillborn babies can access the same employer-paid paid parental leave that they would be entitled to regardless of whether the pregnancy ended in a stillbirth or a live birth.
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04 Aug 2021
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MCMAHON, Sen Sam
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Amends the
Northern Territory (Self-Government) Act 1978
to remove limits on the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly's powers to make laws in relation to the acquisition of property other than on just terms, voluntary assisted dying and the conferring of powers relating to the hearing and determining of employment disputes. Also repeals the Euthanasia Laws Act 1997
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04 Aug 2021
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GALLAGHER, Sen Katy
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Amends the
Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013
to provide for reporting and tabling requirements for certain grants which have been approved by a minister based on an application which an official has recommended should be rejected or does not meet relevant selection criteria or which have been approved by a minister, who is a member of the House of Representatives, for a grantee in their electorate.
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03 Aug 2021
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KITCHING, Sen Kimberley
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Based on the precedents of the
Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act 2016
(US) and the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Bill 2018 (UK), the bill provides the minister with the discretion to impose certain sanctions for the purposes of compliance with United Nations obligations or other international obligations, or for the purposes of preventing or responding to gross human rights abuse or violations, or acts of significant corruption.
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21 Jun 2021
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MCKIM, Sen Nick
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Amends the
Coronavirus Economic Response Package (Payments and Benefits) Act 2020
to: delay businesses with an annual turnover of more than $50 million from claiming GST credits for ten years, or until they pay back the amount of Jobkeeper payment they received equal to the amount of profits made and/or executive bonuses paid during the financial year in which the entity received the payment; and require the Australian Taxation Office to publish a list of all entities with an annual turnover of more than $50 million in receipt of Jobkeeper payments and how much each entity received.
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16 Jun 2021
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RICE, Sen Janet
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The bill: requires the Minister for Energy and Emission Reduction to table in each House of Parliament an annual statement outlining Australia's strategy on electric vehicles; and provides for the reference of matters to the Productivity Commission, including Australia’s support for the manufacture, purchase and use of electric vehicles.
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13 May 2021
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WATERS, Sen Larissa
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Amends the
]Snowy Hydro Corporatisation Act 1997
to prohibit the Snowy Hydro Company and Snowy hydro-group companies from being involved in creating or investing in new fossil fuel-based electricity generation capacity.
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